Incredible growth in my first "penjing" or whatever....

[Fidur]

About 10 months ago, I bought this two mexican heather ( cuphea hyssopifolia ) for 2$ each one. As my first try to make "some kind" of composition, I used this plastic pot and a torii gate (18$) from Amazon.

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I have prunned it 4 or 5 times in this months and wired a bit. I didn't expect such a gowing strength, but here it is now:

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I feel proud about my work with this one. I guess some will say hmmm, but I don't claim this to be a bonsai, just my source of joy and happiness!

 

[Underdog]

just my source of joy and happiness!

Exactly why we should be doing this stuff I love it btw!

 

[Carol 83]

I think it's charming.

 

[JudyB]

@Carol 83 perfect word for this -charming!!!

 

[Firstflush]

Cuphea is my favorite species to draw hummingbirds to the yard. They have some blooms nearly year round.
The hummers get territorial and if you keep the planting near a window you will be rewarded with WW2 dogfights.

 

[BrightsideB]

That’s pretty cool! Looks real!

 

[cockroach]

The flowers in that make it look almost like mini bougies.

Fun project. Everyone should have something they play with in their garden.

 

[Potawatomi13]

Nice gateway. Nice idea. Possible to get more movement in lower trunks/branches maybe?

 

[Bnana]

Lovely, it might not be a classical bonsai but related enough to be posted here and it does look nice.
These plants trends to grow as an inverse triangle with a flat top, this can be corrected by pruning them into a tree shape.

 

[sorce]

I like it a lot.

Deserves a better pot!

Sorce

 

[just.wing.it]

Looks nice. I think they look like tiny crape myrtle trees.

 

[Munch9]

Thats awesome. Looks nice and believable, trees need to thicken a bit and a better pot, anything else seems very nice to me.

 

[Fidur]

An update for this "toy" project (I'm calling it "yin and yang"). Looking forward to see how it looks in a couple of years more:

 

[Topdec]

About 10 months ago, I bought this two mexican heather ( cuphea hyssopifolia ) for 2$ each one. As my first try to make "some kind" of composition, I used this plastic pot and a torii gate (18$) from Amazon.

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I have prunned it 4 or 5 times in this months and wired a bit. I didn't expect such a gowing strength, but here it is now:

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I feel proud about my work with this one. I guess some will say hmmm, but I don't claim this to be a bonsai, just my source of joy and happiness!

Love this, simple but effective

 

[cockroach]

Anymore updates?

 

[Fidur]

Anymore updates?

Will update in a couple of weeks...I expect lots of flowers for then.

 

[HorseloverFat]

An update for this "toy" project (I'm calling it "yin and yang"). Looking forward to see how it looks in a couple of years more:

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Me encanta esta presentación!

Tan divertismo!

Pensas necesita un acento?

I think that would really round it out!

 

[nuttiest]

Freakin Fidur... always a range of emotion when I first see another one of your works.
First a giggle, then intrigue, then looking long enough to see what I might remember until next visit.

 

[Fidur]

Update:

 

[Mapleminx]

I love it!!! the whole thing just oozes charm and character. I wish I had just half of your creativity sometimes.